Religious dictators of Iran covet DNA identifiers of journalists — report
The Iranian government reportedly has a plan to create a biometric database collected from journalists. A news publisher that bills…
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Israel: Bosses can only collect biometrics if they heed worker privacy
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority has published a small set of rules for employers using biometric scans to identify employees. Unlike…
BNSF Rail’s biometric data privacy case a pen stroke away from being history
Only a judge’s signature remains to settle one of the more storied biometric privacy lawsuits in the United States. A…
New executive order from Biden on rules for vouchsafing personal data
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order calling for more action to protect people’s data privacy….
UK ICO issues warning on biometric employee tracking, guidance for businesses
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned community and fitness center operator Serco Leisure that facial recognition and fingerprint…
Busy start to the year for BIPA could get busier with genetics lawsuits
The U.S. state of Illinois’ biometrics privacy law makes winners and losers in equal measure and today’s no different. Here…
Carelessness puts consumers and banks at risk in the UK
A vendor-funded survey of UK adults finds many of them are cavalier about ID verification online. One-third, in fact know…
ZeroBiometrics selected by mobile security platform for biometric ZKP authentication
Singapore-based digital security company V-Key has selected ZeroBiometrics’ software to provide privacy-preserving biometric authentication to its end-user base of more…
OPC says Canadian agencies needed better authentication tools to prevent breach
Canada’s privacy chief says weak digital identity authentication and poor interdepartmental communication is to blame for a 2020 data breach…
Facial recognition service says it is for suspicious lovers, not stalking
Are you spending Valentine’s Day paranoid that your partner is cheating on you with the help of dating apps? A…
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